Loader



A. N. ANDERSON.

LOADER. 7' APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, I916.

Patented June 7, 1921.

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LOADER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, I916.

Patented June 7, 1921.

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UNITED fsTAr' ALGOTH N. ANDERSON, O F LEAL, NdRTH DAKOTA.

LOADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented-June 7, 1921 Application filed May 18, 1916. Serial No. 98,358.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALGOTH N. ANDER- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leal, in the county of Barnes and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Loaders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptlon of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

This invention relates to a device which is particularly designed for facilitating the loading of manure, dirt or analogous material in a wagon bed, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a loader upon which manure, dirt or the like may be dumped from a scraper of ordinary construction, and carried upwardly and deposited in a wagon, thereby eliminating the slow and laborious work of loading the wagon by a shovel or fork.

Another object of this invention is to provide a loader as specified, which includes a horizontally positioned conveyer, and an inclined elevator which receives manure,

dirt or the. like from the delivery end of the horizontally positioned conveyer and delivers it to a wagon bed or suitable structure.

A further object of this invention is to provide approaches which lead to the horizontallypositionedconveyer so that the per-.

' ing the speed of travel of the elevator.

With the foregoing and other objects in view this invention consists in such novel proved loader,

ing engaged by the forward end of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as Wlll be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the jaccompanying drawings and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters designate l1ke andcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the im- Fig. 2 is a loader,

Fig. 3 is a cross section through the loader on the line 33 of Fig; 1,

longitudinal section of the Fig. 1 is a detailview ofend of the supporting. structu'reof the horizontally positioned conveyer, and

Fig. 5 is a detail view gear structure.-

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate the supporting beams of the horizontally positioned conveyer illustrating the structure, which beams have side boards 3 and 4 attached to their upper edges, be-' The tween. which the conveyer 5 travels. conveyer 5 comprises sprocket chains 6 which have a plurality 'of flights 7 attached thereto 111 010 891 proximity to each other,

as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings,

so as to prevent manure from falling between the flights or slats of the conveyer. The supporting frame work, of which the boards 3 and 4 form the sides has aplurality of spaced studs 8 carriedthereby, to which are attached a plurality of rollers 9. The rollers 9 are positioned so that they 'will engage the under surfaces of the flights 7 of which the conveyer is formed and they are positioned very close to each other, be-' ing rotatably mounted upon suitable pins 10 which are carried by the spaced studs.

The sprocket chains 6 travel about sprockets 11, which are carried byshafts 12 and 13. The shaft 12 is positioned atone end a of the conveyer structure while the shaft 13 is positioned at the delivery end of the conveyer. The shaft 12 is rotatably sup- I ported by bear-ing blocks 14, which bearing blocks are slidably mounted in recesses 15 formed in the side boards 3 and 4. Screwthreaded pins 16 areconnected to the bearing blocks 14 and nuts 17 are mountedupon the pins 16 so that upon rotation of the nuts, the bearing blocks. will be moved inwardly or outwardly forregulating the tension of the conveyer. 7

An elevator structure generically indicated by the numeral '20 is, supported by suitable supports 21 which are connected to thebeams 1'and2and it includes side braces 22, which have a plurality of rollers 23 rotatably supported thereby. The rollers 23 are identical in constructionto the rollers 9, and they'support the upper run of the endless conveyer or belt structure 24 of the elevator. cludes sprocket chains 25 which have flights or slats 26 attached thereto. travel about sprockets 27 and 28 which are mounted upon shafts 29 and 30 respectively.

The shaft 30 is carried by the upperend of the side boards 22 of the supporting structure of the elevator and it has a sprocket 31. mounted thereon about which a 9 drive sprocket chain 32 travels. The drive sprocket chain 32 also travels about a sprocket 33 which is carried by a shaft 34.

Theshaft 34 has gears 35 and36mountcd -thereon "which are adapted for making engagement with gears 37 and 38 which are carried by a shaft 39. Any suitable gear shifting mechanism may be employed for shiftingthe gears 34 and into meshing engagement with the gears 37 and 38. The

shaft 39 has a pulley 40 mounted thereon,

" throughfthe medium of which power is transmitted from any suitable type of prime mover to the shaft. The pulley 40 is an ordinary type of clutch pulley, "and the clutch mechanism is operated by the pivotal movement of a lever 41, which is pivotally mounted as shown at 42. The gear 43 is mounted upon the shaft 13 and it meshes with the gear 37 for operating the transversely or horizontally positioned conveyerby theoperation of the shaft 39. A gear casing 44 is provided for covering and protecting the gear.

Idlers indicated at 45 are provided, which support the lower run of the conveyer 24. Approaches 46 and 47 are provided for facilitating the driving uponthe upper run .of the horizontal conveyer structure 5 and they have depending boards 48 attached to the under surface of their upper ends said boards resting upon the upper edges of the beams 1 and 2. Cleats or bars 49 are attached to and extend transversely across the uppersurface of the upper ends of the approaches 46 and 47 and they facilitate the dumping of a scraper upon the conveyer 5,

The endless belt structure 24 in The chains 25 in that the front or forward edges of the scraper engages the outer edge of the bars or cleats so that the forward movement of the horses will tend to dump the scraper vate the same and deposit it-into a wagon bed or the like while the scrape-r is drawn over the conveyer anddown the opposite approach; i r r In reducing the invention tofpractice certain minor features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may necessitate alterations to which the patentee is entitled provided such alterations are comprehended within thescope of what is claimed.

What is claimed is: V 1. In a loader, a constantlymovingmember serving as a conveyor and as a tread means for a draft animal "hauling material to the member, and approach means associated with the member. permitting travel of the animal directly on and across the memher while the latter is in motion.

2; In a loader, a constantly moving member serving as a conveyer-and as a tread means for a draft animal hauling material to the member, "approach means associated with the member, permitting travel of the animal directly on and across the member while the latter is in motion, and abutment means associated with the approach means to cooperatewith the material carrier to dump the material onto the member as the animal travels across the same. .7

3. In a loader, a constantly moving member serving as a conveyer'and as a tread means for a draft animal hauling material to the member, a conveyer to receive mate rial from the said member, and means operable to move the second conveyer independently ofthe first conveyer so as to increase itsspeed without increasing the speed of the first conveyer and consequently frightenmg the animal passing thereover.

as a conveyer and as a tread means fora draft animal haullng material to the member,

4. In a loader, a movable member serving approaches associated with the conveyer on opposite sides thereof in substantial alineinent, mounting lneansfor the member, said approaches being supported by the mounting means, an abutment on one of the appreaches to cooperate with the material carspeed of the first conveyer and consequently 10 rier to dump the material onto the member frightening the animal passing thereover.

as the animal travels across the same, a con- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature veyer to receive the material from the first in presence of two witnesses.

conveyer, means to drive said conveyers simultaneously, and the last mentioned means ALGOTH ANDERSON being operable to move the second conveyer Witnesses: independently of the first conveyer so as G. J. CLAUSQN,

to increase its speed without increasing the K. A. HAGLUND. 

